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CVE-2016-7180
epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace.c in the IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not properly consider whether a string…
Medium5.9EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace.c in the IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not properly consider whether a string is constant, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-55.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036760 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/17289 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5213496250aceff086404c568e3718ebc0060934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12782 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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